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New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907 Medium green cloth; gilt title and spine lettering; top edge gilt. Blindstamped cover illustration featuring globe with Arctic region highlighted in white ink, with three red, white and blue flags planted within Arctic region. ? First edition or first thus, with same date on title and copyright pages, and "Published, April, 1907" also on copyright page. Fifth volume in The Geographical Library, as noted on verso of half-title page. With 95 half-tone photographs by the author within the text, and a tissue-guarded frontispiece color illustration by Albert Operti. Two large color folding maps in rear are present and intact, with irregular creasing along edges closest to hinges and short, narrow strip of darkening and minute chips at upper edge of first map. Moderate rubbing along all cover edges and extremities. Spine cloth moderately scuffed. Binding very slightly shaken (heavy text block). Otherwise clean and unworn.

Hutchinson, 1907. 1907 First Edition. hardcover. xx, 411pp, 98 illusts, folding maps, original black decorative cloth, professionally recased with new spine and original relaid, near VG.. The account of the second unsuccessful attempt by Peary, in 1906, to reach the North Pole. He was forced to turn back 175 miles from his destination. He passed Ellesmere Land to Cape Sheridan and the Arctic Basin, returning along the coast of Greenland.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. Crack at joint of upper board and some wear to spine ends. Contents firm and bright. 1907. First Edition. Black/gilt hardback cloth cover. 270mm x 180mm (11" x 7"). xx, 410pp. Sepia photographs and two fold out maps. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907T. hardcover. Good. 2.0000 11.0000 7.0000. Green cloth cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear, rubbing and soiling. Loose hinges, bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages lightly tanned and clean.

Hutchinson, 1907. 1907 First Edition. hardcover. xx, 411pp, 98 illusts, folding maps, original black decorative cloth, professionally recased with new spine and original relaid, wear to corner tips, boards a little rubbed, very clean internally, VG.. The account of the second unsuccessful attempt by Peary, in 1906, to reach the North Pole. He was forced to turn back 175 miles from his destination. He passed Ellesmere Land to Cape Sheridan and the Arctic Basin, returning along the coast of Greenland.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.. VG/NO DUSTJACKET. 1907. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 411 pp., Former owner's inscription .

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cloth split along external front joint Spine sunned. Endpapers browned. Inner hinges cracked. 1907. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). xx; 411pp. With ninety-eight illustrations by the author and two maps. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907. Tall thick 8vo. xx, 411, [1] pp. Title in red & black. Colour frontisp., 95 photo illustrations, 2 large folding colour maps. Ribbed-green publisher’s cloth, gilt lozenge decoration of American Eagle & globe front cover, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g. (very minor bumping to couple corners, shelfwear), still VG bright copy, w/ initials of former owner on ffep., small bookseller’s label on rear pastedown for Johnson’s Bookstore, Springfield Stationers. First edition of this well-illustrated work detailing the sixth Artic Expedition of Robert Peary building upon his Greenland expeditions, where he gained much of the experience used in his later treks to conquer the Pole, as well as an Inuit mistress, and child, both of whom he leaves behind in 1909. The SS Roosevelt was the first ship ever built in the Western Hemisphere for Arctic exploration, and was a schooner designed and built with an ice-strengthened flexible wooden hull, sheathed in steel and braced… Read More

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 411 pages. Index. Colour frontisplate. Black and white photographic plates. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Library binding intact. Maps not included. Offered as is. A worthy reading copy..

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907. xx,410pp., including illustrations, plus two folding maps. Quarto. Brown publisher's cloth, gilt stamped. Boards rather scuffed, corners and spine worn. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. Text block split, but holding. Light tanning, otherwise internally clean. Good plus. "Contains an account of the Roosevelt's passage to Cape Sheriden, Ellesmere Island; the march on the ice of the Arctic Basin to 87°06' N. and return via the northwest coast of Greenland; a sledge journey along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island (Grant Land), and the return of the ship through Robeson Channel - Smith Sound" - Arctic Bibliography. Peary's penultimate expedition, which established another furthest northern point explored. The work also includes a history of the Peary Arctic Club, a description of its vessel, the S.S. Roosevelt, an account of polar Eskimo tribes, and a report on a previous expedition towards the North Pole undertaken from 1898 to 1902. With numerous… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1907. First Edition. Very Good. [10.25x7.5in]; xx,411 pp., frontispiece color illustration from photograph, 97 illustrations and images on 32 double-sided plates, two color fold out maps at rear, index; Dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, stamped globe and borders with gilt and color eagle on front, all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear to covers, edges and corners with fraying of corners and rubbing to all edges, faint age toning and some stain spots to text and frontispiece, offset darkening to front end paper from prior owner bookplate, bookseller stamp on rear end paper. [Arctic Biblio 13226]. Robert Peary [1856-1920] was an active arctic explorer from 1886 in visits and six organized expeditions to Greenland and the Arctic islands. This is a narrative of his fifth expedition and first attempt to reach the North Pole using the "Peary System" His ship, the Roosevelt, traveled through the Smith Sound - Robeson Channel to Cape Sheridan on North… Read More

New York: and Company,Doubleday,Page, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. 4to. pp. xx, 411, 95 b/w photographs, two coloured folding maps at rep, and coloured frontispiece, attractive bookplate on front pastedown, upper edge gilt, embossed gilt vignette on front board, gilt title on spine, green cloth, "" An account of Peary's expedition to Ellesmere Island and crossing the ice to the Arctic Basin, returning by way…

(ARCTIC). PEARY, Robert E. Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906. N.Y.: Doubleday, Page, 1907. 1st ed. Sm. 4to. Illus. folding maps. 411pp. A very good copy in orig. cloth.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. An account of Peary's expedition to Ellesmere Island and crossing the ice to the Arctic Basin, returning by way of the northwest coast of Greenland. 8vo, color frontis, xx, 411pp, teg, 2 color folding maps, b&w illus throughout. Full green crushed levant with gilt title, spine darkened to brown. Spine in six gilt-decorated compartments, raised bands. Internally, gilt dentelles at inside covers, and green marbled end papers. Arctic Bibliography 57770. A handsome copy.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1907. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xx, 411, [1], 2 folding maps printed in color at the back, color frontispiece and 90 illustrations (mostly from photographs) on rectos and versos of 32 plates; some light rubbing, else a near fine copy in original pictorial green cloth gilt, t.e.g. "Contains an account of the Roosevelt's passage to Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, the march on the ice of the Arctic Basin to 87 degrees, 6 minutes north and return, via the northwest coast of Greenland; a sledge journey along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, and the return of the ship through Robeson Channel-Smith Sound..." (Arctic Bibliography), and summaries of earlier Peary expeditions. Contains much on the native peoples. Arctic Bibliography 13226.

1907. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1907. Royal 8vo. Original black buckram, image of sledge-team in gilt to upper cover, lettered in gilt; pp. xx, 412; colour frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, 98 photographic plates from the author's originals, 2 folding maps; very light wear to extremities; a little even toning to endpapers, otherwise a fine, fresh copy with slightly later Edinburgh YMCA bookplate. First UK edition. Peary's 1905-6 attempt on the North Pole by way of Smith Sound was sponsored by the Peary Arctic Club, of which Peary offers an account in the present book. Adverse weather conditions thwarted the attempt, but Peary was able to explore the northern coast of Ellesmere Island. Arctic Bibliography 13226.

New York: Doubleday, Page, 1907. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xx, [2], 411, [1]; color frontispiece, 95 photographic plates by Peary, and 2 folding maps; ex-James J. Hill Library, with accession numbers on spine and a perforated stamp in bottom margin of the title page; all else very good in original decorative green cloth, t.e.g. This copy inscribed on the title page: "To James J. Hill with best regards of the author, R. E. Peary, U.S.N." Only the signature is in Peary's hand. AB 13226: "Passage to Cape Sheridan, Ellesmere Island, and the march on the ice of the Arctic Basin to 87 degrees N. and return via the northwest coast of Greenland; a sledge journey along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, and the return of the ship through Robeson Channel-Smith Sound."